by Carol Rainbow | Jan 25, 2019 | Curriculum
Barefoot Computing is a free service that is set up, sponsored and offered by a large group of companies involved in bringing computing to schools. The companies involved include BT, BCS, Raspberry Pi and Openreach, as well as the education departments for each area...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 20, 2019 | Curriculum
Valentine’s Day Facts and Crafts is a collection of resources which may be useful next month for projects, general conversation, or even a mini topic! Kiddyhouse.com has a page of Valentine’s day crafts which may be useful or give some new ideas. I like...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 20, 2019 | Curriculum
The week Junior is a subscription children’s newspaper which teachers are invited to explore freely for 6 weeks. Try 6 FREE Issues “The Week Junior is a brilliant current affairs magazine for children aged between 8 and 14. It’s filled with fascinating stories and...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 14, 2019 | Curriculum
KidsHealth is a website which contains health information, quizzes and videos to help children understand the human body and how to keep well. “KidsHealth in the Classroom offers educators free health-related lesson plans for PreK through 12th grade. Each...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 14, 2019 | Curriculum
Health for kids is an interactive website designed to engage children with various health issues. It is split into four sections, Staying healthy, Illness, Feelings and Getting Help. Each section is a set of chapters in its theme. There are several ways of approaching...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 14, 2019 | Curriculum
The Human Body section of the Teacher’s Pet website offers several useful, free resources for a study on the Human body. NB The displays section is free, other sections are a subscription service. There are resources for sixteen different types of activities: Human...
by Andy Campbell | Jan 8, 2019 | 123HUB, Curriculum
Happy New Year and a very warm welcome to the 123HUB for 2019! Welcome back to the 123HUB News. It is the beginning of a new year and as time is always at a premium for busy teachers, why not let the 123HUB save you some of your valuable time and help...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 4, 2019 | Curriculum
Healthy Humans for KS1 from BBC Bitesize is a collection of really useful resources to be used in the classroom. The first question asked and answered within the resource is, “What do humans need to stay healthy? A video is provided, showing the basics of what it...
by Carol Rainbow | Dec 16, 2018 | Curriculum
‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – full TV movie storybook’ is a wonderful story version of the popular ‘Rudolph the red-nose reindeer’ song that is a little over 12 minutes long. The story is beautifully animated and would make a great...
by Carol Rainbow | Dec 16, 2018 | Curriculum
Christmas Week Videos often form part of the celebrations during the last few days of term. Traditionally, DVDs or videos are brought into school and played in the school hall or classroom but there are a couple of great videos on YouTube which could form the basis of...
